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• Live: Elon Musk says X/Twitter set to charge users, ASX falls, US stocks move sideways as investors await Federal Reserve rates decision

  18-09-2023 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  X/Twitter owner Elon Musk says his social media company plans to start charging a small monthly payment to use the platform.  The ASX opens lower and US stocks end little changed ahead of the US Federal Reserve's meeting this week. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Elon Musk says X/Twitter set to charge users, ASX falls, Reserve Bank considered a September rate hike

  18-09-2023 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  X/Twitter owner Elon Musk says his social media company plans to start charging a small monthly payment to use the platform. Meanwhile, the ASX is in the red and the Reserve Bank discussed raising rates earlier this month before keeping them on hold. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Elon Musk says Twitter moving to charge users, US stocks move sideways as investors await Federal Reserve rates decision

  18-09-2023 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  X/Twitter owner Elon Musk says his social media company plans to start charging a small monthly payment to use the platform. And US stocks end little changed ahead of the US Federal Reserve's meeting this week. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Elon Musk says X/Twitter set to charge users, ASX falls, Reserve Bank considered a September rate hike — as it happened

  18-09-2023 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  X/Twitter owner Elon Musk says his social media company plans to start charging a small monthly payment to use the platform. Meanwhile, the ASX ended lower, and the Reserve Bank discussed raising rates earlier this month before keeping them on hold. 
  
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• Mechanical apprentices pivot to keep up with electric vehicles, autonomous tractors

  18-09-2023 23:05 via abc.net.au
  
  It's not so easy to tinker under the bonnet of the family car anymore so the next generation is gaining skills in electronics in new-look careers.
  
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• The Barstool Project to provide mental health support to hotel staff

  18-09-2023 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Hospitality staff can work unsociable hours with unsociable guests in an industry where mental health has been regarded as "taboo". But there are efforts to provide better support.
  
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• Hotelier gives blunt assessment of mental health support but says attitudes are changing

  18-09-2023 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Hospitality staff can work unsociable hours with unsociable guests in an industry where mental health has been regarded as "taboo". But there are efforts to provide better support.
  
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• 'Everything is going up': Small businesses struggle to keep clients as prices rise

  18-09-2023 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian businesses say they're rethinking how they run their services, with the most recent round of power price hikes already taking a significant toll on customers who are cutting back on purchases.
  
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• Tonga has tens of thousands of abandoned cars. Now there's a plan to crush them and ship them home

  18-09-2023 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Kingdom of Tonga looks like paradise, but its lush coconut palms nurse a hidden problem. Now, the country is preparing to deal with this car-sized problem, before it's too late.
  
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• WA payroll tax earnings hit $5bn

  18-09-2023 12:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The average amount of payroll tax paid by those in the state’s lowest qualifying bracket increased more than 30 per cent last financial year, part of an overall $5 billion generated by the tax in WA.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast September 18 2023

  18-09-2023 10:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss an uptick in spending on new primary schools in Perth's outer suburbs.
  
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• Perseus outlines $200m mine expansion

  18-09-2023 10:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Goldminer Perseus Mining plans to commence underground mining operations at its Yaoure mine in West Africa through a $200 million expansion plan.
  
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• Aust shares fall at start of big week for central banks

  18-09-2023 10:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market finished down 0.7 per cent at the start of a week that will feature meetings by six central banks and minutes from the RBA.
  
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• Mining truck blast preventable, DMIRS says

  18-09-2023 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A mining trailer explosion in the eastern Goldfields that was felt 25 kilometres away and blasted debris nearly 700 metres from the site in October last year has been deemed preventable.
  
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• Drone service Wing stops delivering food in Canberra

  18-09-2023 09:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Global drone delivery company Wing is shifting to be based out of shopping centres for easier access to deliverable goods and says so far it hasn't been able to find a suitable shopping centre in Canberra.
  
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• Three projects share in regional housing fund

  18-09-2023 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A sorely-needed 226-bed workers camp in Broome will be funded to the tune of $7.7 million under a state government cash splash to alleviate housing shortages
  
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• WA roads slated for $1.4bn upgrade

  18-09-2023 08:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A record $1.38 billion funding will be spent over five years to upgrade roads across Western Australia as part of a renewed agreement between state and local governments.
  
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• WA roads slated for $1.38bn upgrade

  18-09-2023 08:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A record $1.38 billion funding will be spent over five years to upgrade roads across Western Australia as part of a renewed agreement between state and local governments.
  
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• Agriculture not protected from downturn

  18-09-2023 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Falls in crude oil prices and lower bulk shipping costs and volumes are pointers to a period of slowing growth.
  
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• Lyn Read lost $50,000 in a scam, money she needs to pay for her funeral

  18-09-2023 07:36 via abc.net.au
  
  It was a highly sophisticated yet common scam. One that cost Lyn Read $50,000. Money the terminal cancer patient was saving for her last days and to pay for her funeral.
  
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• Nuclear power, stamp duty on WA Libs’ agenda

  18-09-2023 07:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Liberal members will mull taking a hardline stance against a state-based voice to parliament and lifting a moratorium on nuclear power
  
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• Historic morgue seeking 'imaginative reinvention' for cultural precinct. Autopsy table included

  18-09-2023 06:46 via abc.net.au
  
  A South Australian council is seeking a new lease of life for a 140-year-old morgue as part of a cultural precinct which includes a harbour master's cottage, historical police station, wharf shed, railway superintendent's house, the old post office and chart room.
  
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• Sea shanty tops 1 million streams for WA singers but riches could be a while away

  18-09-2023 05:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A band of singers whose version of a 19th Century workers' song has grabbed plenty of online attention say they might have got a gold record for their efforts in days gone by.
  
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• Matildas in potential major move to Optus

  18-09-2023 05:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth’s record goalkicker Sam Kerr could play in front of up to 60,000 fans as the state government is expected to announce the move of one of the Matildas games to Optus Stadium.
  
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• Matildas in major move to Optus

  18-09-2023 05:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth’s record goalkicker Sam Kerr could play in front of up to 60,000 hometown fans as the state government is expected to announce the move of a Matildas games to Optus Stadium.
  
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• Red 5 rockets on trade speculation

  18-09-2023 05:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Red 5 shares have rallied amid speculation as to could be behind a sizeable trade in the company, which was previously linked to consolidation talks in the Leonora region.
  
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• More schools for growing suburbs

  18-09-2023 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government is on track to deliver more than $80 million worth of infrastructure this year.
  
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• Water Corp defers battery plans

  18-09-2023 04:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Water Corporation has confirmed it will defer development of battery storage facilities, after an Infrastructure WA report highlighted risks attached to its plan.
  
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• 'We are sorry': Mining giant fronts inquiry amid allegations of pollution from residents

  18-09-2023 04:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary inquiry is investigating the safety of dust pollution from one of Australia's largest gold operations, after residents were forced to test their own blood and drinking water for heavy metals and contaminants. 
  
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• 'We are sorry': Mining giant fronts inquiry amid allegations of polluting residents

  18-09-2023 04:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary inquiry is investigating the safety of dust pollution from one of Australia's largest gold operations, after residents were forced to test their own blood and drinking water for heavy metals and contaminants. 
  
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• Yes campaign to push Voice in ag regions

  18-09-2023 04:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A small contingent is fighting an uphill battle to turn the tide in WA’s agriculture regions where support for the Voice is languishing.
  
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• Tavern set for former Hungry Jack’s Freo site

  18-09-2023 03:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Sporting Globe will be moving into the former Hungry Jack’s site in Fremantle, which has sat vacant for nearly five years.
  
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• Virex progresses virus-fighting spray trials

  18-09-2023 03:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A WA pharmaceutical innovation for respiratory viruses is closing in on human trials after being awarded a $500,000 government grant.
  
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• Chevron’s Wheatstone back online

  18-09-2023 02:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Chevron has restored its Wheatstone gas facility to full production after a fault limited its output for four days in the midst of an ongoing battle with Offshore Alliance.
  
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• Wall Street ends sharply lower as chipmakers slide

  18-09-2023 02:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks have closed lower as investors reacted to semiconductor firm TSMC asking its vendors to delay chip equipment deliveries.
  
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• Small businesses weigh up the costs of going cashless after armed robberies, theft

  18-09-2023 01:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Crime-affected businesses in Queensland's north consider no longer accepting cash in a bid to protect their workers. But some worry the financial impacts could be crippling.
  
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• New dawn at the RBA as Michele Bullock begins as governor, ASX dragged lower by tech stocks ahead of overseas interest rates meetings — as it happened

  18-09-2023 00:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market finished lower after trade on Monday, dragged down by tech stocks as investors wait for foreign central banks' next interest rates meetings, while Michele Bullock began her seven-year term as RBA governor. Look back on Monday's news as it happened with our blog.
  
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• Live: New dawn at the RBA as Michele Bullock begins as governor, ASX set for weak start ahead of overseas interest rates meetings

  18-09-2023 00:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket is set for a weaker start as investors wait for foreign central banks' next interest rates meetings, while Michele Bullock begins her first seven-year term as RBA governor. Follow live.
  
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• Live: New dawn at the RBA as Michele Bullock begins as governor, ASX lower ahead of overseas interest rates meetings

  18-09-2023 00:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened lower as investors wait for foreign central banks' next interest rates meetings, while Michele Bullock begins her first seven-year term as RBA governor. Follow live.
  
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